Title: “Echoes of Before”
(Verse 1)
We were young in the glow of dashboard lights
Windows down on those endless nights
Sang off-key to songs we swore were ours
Like we could outrun time in your car
You traced forever in my hand
Like love was something we could plan
We didn’t know what breaking meant
Back when our hearts were innocent
(Pre-Chorus)
Now I pass those streets, but they don’t feel the same
Just faded colors and a different name
(Chorus)
It feels like something I can’t remember
Like a warm night lost in September
I gave too much, now there’s nothing left to give
I’m still breathing but forgot how to live
Every touch just drifts like a distant sound
Like a song that don’t come back around
It’s like I loved once… now it won’t stay
Just slips away
(Verse 2)
Your laugh still lives in quiet rooms
Like a melody I can’t resume
I hear it low through the static air
Turn around but you’re not there
Now I keep my heart behind a door
Don’t let it wander like before
They say time heals, but I don’t know
Some things just don’t let go
(Pre-Chorus)
Every “I love you” feels out of place
Like trying to fit in an old space
(Chorus)
It feels like something I can’t remember
Like a photograph losing its color
I gave too much, now there’s nothing left to give
I’m still breathing but forgot how to live
Every kiss just fades before it lands
Like it slips right through my hands
It’s like I loved once… now it won’t stay
Just slips away
(Bridge)
Polaroids in a shoebox, dust on the frame
Every little thing still says your name
If I close my eyes, I’m back again
Before the cracks, before the end
But the moment’s gone like summer rain
And I don’t feel it the same
(Final Chorus)
It feels like something I once knew
Like a dream I woke up too soon to
I gave too much, now there’s nothing left to show
Just a hollow heart learning to let go
Every memory slipping out of sight
Like it’s fading with the light
It’s like I loved once… but it won’t stay
Just fades away
(Outro)
Yeah, we were something… once before
Now it’s just echoes… nothing more…
